3rd ODI: Record-breaking England Rout Australia to Clinch Series

Nottingham: England posted the highest total ever scored in a men's one-day international of 481 for six as they thrashed Australia by 242 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in a five-match series.

Alex Hales (147) and Jonny Bairstow (139) both hit hundreds as, for the second time in two years at Trent Bridge, England posted a new record ODI score following their 444 for three against Pakistan at Nottinghamshire's headquarters in 2016.

This was Australia's heaviest defeat at this level, in terms of runs, surpassing a 206-run loss to New Zealand in Adelaide in 1986.

By contrast, England were able to enjoy their biggest victory in the format as they topped their previous ODI best -- 210-run success against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015.

The 62 boundaries England struck in their innings was also a new record at this level, surpassing the 59 managed by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands, a non-Test nation, in Amstelveen, 12 years ago.

Faced with a massive target of 482, Australia -- missing star batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner, both given year-long bans for their roles in March's ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town -- slumped to 239 all out with 13 overs left in the match.

Bairstow's hundred was his fourth in six ODIs while Hales's century on his Nottinghamshire home ground ended a run of low scores.

Meanwhile England captain Eoin Morgan became the country's all-time leading run-scorer in this format during a 67 that featured 21-ball fifty -- England's quickest in men's ODIs.

"It was amazing," Bairstow told Sky Sports during the mid-innings break. "This ground is a special ground for us. It always tends to bring something exciting -- what a pitch it is."

Hales added: "We've had some great memories here as a team and today is another special day.

"The 500 was murmured when Morg (Morgan) came out but we just couldn't get there," he added

Jason Roy, who made 120 in England's 38-run win in the second ODI in Cardiff on Sunday, could have had back-to-back hundreds but instead ran himself out on 82.

England might even have scored 500 had not Hales and Morgan -- returning after being ruled out in Cardiff with a back spasm -- been dismissed off successive deliveries to leave them 459 for five off 47.3 overs.

Australia captain Tim Paine used eight bowlers before the 25th over, having sent England into bat.